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- Facebook: Woah! Check out the front page of Huffington Post today!
- Facebook: Bill Moyers has a great talk with Holly Sklar about poverty in America:
- Facebook: What do you think of people in poverty? Maybe what Jessica Jackley once did: "they" need "our" help, in the form of a few coins in a jar. The co-founder of Kiva.org talks about how her attitiude changed - -and how her work with microloans has brought new power to people who live on a few dollars a day.
- Facebook: Today's paper: 1 in 7 Amercans lives in poverty
- 1 in 7 Americans lives in poverty | LJWorld.com www.2.ljworld.com A man - he did not wish to be identified - who lost his job two months ago after being hurt on the job collects money for his family on a Miami street corner Thursday. He said he collects unemployment but added it does not cover the cost of living.
- Facebook: We have a new wish list on Amazon, containing mostly books for the day center self-help library. Search samantha@lawrencefamilypromise.org in the 'gifts & wish lists' tab at the top of the Amazon home page to see our requests. ;)
- Facebook: "Homelessness deprives individuals of...basic needs, exposing them to risky, unpredictable environments. In short, homelessness is more than the abscence of physical shelter, it is a stress-filled, dehumanizing, dangerous circumstance in which individuals are at high risk of being witness to or victims of a wide range of violent events."
- Open Health Services and Policy Journal, on the importance of trauma informed care.
- Facebook: In case you missed our director on the front page of the LJWorld 8/23/2010...
- Facebook: Check out the brand new federal plan to end homelessness! Their #1 'signature initiative' is focused on veterans, and thier #2 initiative is focused on families and children.
- Facebook: "People are not where they live, where they sleep, or what their life situation is at any given time." A great talk on homelessness and hope.
- Becky Blanton: The year I was homeless | Video on TED.com www.ted.com TED Talks Becky Blanton planned to live in her van for a year and see the country, but when depression set in and her freelance job ended, her camping trip turned into homelessness. In this intimate talk, she describes her experience of becoming one of America's working homeless.
- Family Promise provides temporary shelter to homeless families - April 24, 2010
- Churches cleared for shelter use - February 25, 2009 - LJWorld
- How many homeless? - January 30, 2009 - LJWorld
- City lacks adequate shelter for homeless and 'camping' is illegal - January 28, 2009 - LJWorld
- Housing program jumps the gun - January 25, 2009 - LJWorld
- Number of homeless families climbing due to recession - January 8, 2009 - Center on Budget and Center Policy Priorities
- City OKs homeless regulations - October 15, 2008 - LJWorld
- Homelss may find refuge in churches - October 12, 2008 - LJWorld
- 'Promise' finds hope in new director - September 13, 2008 - LJWorld
- Homeless day center vision - August 27, 2008 - LJWorld
- Hospitality network for homeless progresses - January 16, 2008 - LJWorld
- Family Promise - November 10, 2008 - LJWorld